Try this...
Check All Boot Paths
Start | Run | Type: msconfig | Click OK |
Boot.ini tab | Check All Boot Paths button |
A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations | Confirm you want to remove the entry and reboot
[[Check All Boot Paths - This button will check the boot paths for all
operating systems listed in the BOOT.INI to ensure they point to a valid
operating system. ]]
Msconfig image
http://www.winnetmag.com/Files/16/20784/msconfig.gif
If there is only one you will get:
It appears that all BOOT.INI lines for Microsoft operating systems are OK.
A dialog box will open detailing the location of any invalid operating
system locations.
Similar to this...
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It appears that the following line in the BOOT.INI file does not refer to a
valid operating system:
"multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
Professional " /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn"
Would you like to remove it from the BOOT.INI file?
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:uYMT$(E-Mail Removed),
Wayne Wengert <(E-Mail Removed)> hunted and pecked:
> Tim;
>
> Thanks for the response. How can I eliminate the boot loader completely?
> Can I just delete the ini file?
>
> Wayne
>
> "Tim Judd" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Wayne Wengert wrote:
>>> I had boot loader set to allow me to choose either regular WinXP or Safe
>>> Mode. Somehow I ended up with another entry for WinXP Installer. Based
>>> on a response to an earlier post I deleted the line in the ini file for
>>> the install option but now, I still get an option "Windows Default"
>>> (and it is the default selection) which asks for the installation CD. I
>>> suspect I need to change the "Default" line (see below) but Help and
>>> Googling have not made clear exactly what I need there"
>>> ================= ini file ========================
>>> [Boot Loader]
>>> Timeout=10
>>> Default=C:\$WIN_NT$.~BT\BOOTSECT.DAT
>>> [Operating Systems]
>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP
>>> Professional" /fastdetect /NoExecute=OptIn
>>> multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Safe Mode"
>>> /safeboot:minimal /sos /bootlog
>>
>> Your .ini is misleading.
>>
>> The ntldr won't have a way to distinguish between the first line
>> (Operating Systems) and the second, because they are both rooted in the
>> same directory.
>>
>> Correcting your default line will probably only select the first entry,
>> and be unable to default to the second.
>>
>> Why don't you use the safe mode everyone else does? F8 brings up a menu
>> and you can pick your safe mode there.
>>
>> Change your default line to match what it is under the [Operating
>> Systems] up to (but excluding) the = marker.
>>
>> try that. hth
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